Dear Readers and Members, The forum has been down for over 6 months because the domain name (www.stamforum.com) lapsed and it is no longer available to re purchase. Although this forum is now defunct (it has morphed into several whatsapp groups), I have had many requests to put it back online because it contains so much information (over 1,800 posts and thousands of comments in the discussions, on a wide range of topics related to STa"M). I have therefore put the forum back online at blogger, so the address is www.stamforum.blogspot.com. The forum lasted for a decade...not a bad effort! It was pretty popular back in the days before whatsapp and managed to receive over a million hits in it's short life. It was one of the only organised forums in the STa"M world and definitely the largest in it's heyday. I would like to thank all those who cobtributed over the years, particularly the early members who helped build it up. Thanking you all, Eli
cuttnig klaf on stam that is already written is itself a contentious issue
ReplyDeleteOn a related issue, I've noticed by megillot and sifrei Torah when it's time to sew the yeriot together that there are sometimes slight differences in size between one section and the next, usually no more than a millimeter or so but sometimes as much as a centimeter. Is it permitted to trim the yeriot to make them even, or should one leave them as they come from the klafmacher?
ReplyDeleteI think you cannot, however there may be a difference between stam that has already been used with a bracha and not
ReplyDeleteYehoshuah, can you find out please rav shammais opinion on cutting klaf as well as if there is a nfkah minnah between stam that has not yet been used?
ReplyDeleteEven in a case let's say where the parshiyos don't fit into the batim and must be cut down R' Shammai said he's matir. So seemingly STaM that hasn't been used would be more kulo-dik...
ReplyDeleteThe original question here was never answered. What if - before writing - one decided to cut the edge of the klaf in a fancy design, is it alright to do so?
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